usefully

Example Sentences

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In its willingness to usefully engage with our everyday ugliness, “The Drama” is the boldest mainstream American film in years.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

“His mind was, from what I could see, largely undisciplined, which is how he could make these connections so unexpectedly and usefully, but not always usefully,” Crocker said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

"However, it has not been known whether the physics of active matter can be applied usefully in the quantum regime. We wanted to fill in that gap."

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024

The characters are too particular on the one hand, and the mean girls trope too familiar on the other, to usefully generalize into a statement about the plight of teenage girls.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

"You can spend your time usefully by holding the map for us while we look at it once again."

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda